[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize National Human 
Trafficking Awareness Month.
  In my home State of California, human trafficking is a massive and 
dangerous industry, with 375 reported cases of trafficking involving 
minors in 2018. This must end.
  That is why I am a cosponsor of H.R. 836, the Interdiction for the 
Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act, 
introduced by my colleague, Mr. McCaul from Texas.
  This bill would establish a pilot program to provide training to 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers on identifying child 
victims of trafficking, exploited children, and missing children.
  Indeed, the cues are out there, if we can see them. If our law 
enforcement is able to identify victims of human trafficking more 
quickly, it would lead to a safer environment, and identifying them a 
lot sooner would save more of the individuals.
  Our most vulnerable populations need our help in order to keep them 
safe from this truly heinous and disgusting crime.

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